Proverbs 21:1

American Standard Version (1901)

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

ASV Byzantine Text

The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Asang Khongca Bible

Siangpahrang ih palung loe, vapui baktiah Angraeng ban ah oh moe, a koehhaih ahmuen bangah longh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Manghai kah a lungbuei tah sokca tui bangla BOEIPA kut dongah om tih, a ngaih bangla boeih a hoihaeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Manghai kah a lungbuei tah sokca tui bangla BOEIPA kut dongah om tih, a ngaih bangla boeih a hoihaeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

HE mau auwai ka naau o ke alii, iloko o ka lima o Iehova, Nana e hookahe ae e like me kona makemake.

English Berean Standard Bible

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Seyè a dirije lespri yon wa, menm jan li dirije yon kouran dlo nan kannal. Li mennen l' kote li vle.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

[Sicut divisiones aquarum, ita cor regis in manu Domini: quocumque voluerit, inclinabit illud.

Bible in Basic English

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Le cœur d’un roi, dans la main de l’ Éternel, est des ruisseaux d’eau ; il l’incline à tout ce qui lui plaît.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Jako potůčkové vod jest srdce královo v ruce Hospodinově; kamžkoli chce, nakloňuje ho.

Kosraean Bible

LEUM GOD El leumi nunak lun sie tokosra, oana ke El oakiya fahsr lun soko infacl.

World Portuguese Bible

O coração do rei está nas mãos do SENHOR como os canais de água. Ele o dirige para onde quer que deseje.

Romanian BTF Bible

Inima împăratului este în mâna DOMNULUI, precum râurile de ape: el o întoarce oriîncotro voiește.

Brenton English Septuagint

As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ရှင်ဘုရင်၏ စိတ်နှလုံးသည် ရေချောင်းကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၍၊ ထာဝရဘုရား၏ လက်တော်၌ရှိသဖြင့်၊ အလို တော်ရှိသည်အတိုင်း လှည့်စေတော်မူ၏။

Darby Translation

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is [as] brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Gleich Wasserbächen ist eines Königs Herz in der Hand Jehovas; wohin immer er will, neigt er es.

Dutch Bible 1917

Des konings hart is in de hand des HEEREN als waterbeken. Hij neigt het tot al wat Hij wil.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

In Jahweh’s hand is het hart van een koning als een beekje; Hij leidt het, waarheen Hij wil.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il cuor del re è nella mano del Signore come ruscelli di acque; Egli lo piega a tutto ciò che gli piace .

Douay-Rheims 1899

As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the riuers of waters: he turneth it whithersoeuer it pleaseth him.

Noyes Bible

As streams of water, So is the heart of the king in the hand of the LORD; He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Danish Bible 1931

En Konges hjerte er Bække i HERRENS hånd, han leder det hen, hvor han vil.

Leeser Tanakh

Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever He will.

King James Version

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lòng của vua ở trong tay Đức Giê-hô-va khác nào dòng nước chảy; Ngài làm nghiêng lệch nó bề nào tùy ý Ngài muốn.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: He turneth it whithersoever he will.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ʻi he nima ʻo Sihova ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi, ʻo hangē ko e vai ʻoe ngaahi vaitafe: he ʻoku ne fefakatafoki ʻaki ia ko ʻene faʻiteliha ʻaʻana.

French Ostervald Bible

Le cœur du roi est dans la main de l'Éternel comme une eau courante; il l'incline à tout ce qu'il veut.

Esperanto Bible

Kiel akvaj torentoj estas la koro de reĝo en la mano de la Eternulo: Kien Li volas, Li ĝin direktas.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Le cœur du roi est un courant d’eau dans la main de l’Éternel; Il l’incline partout où il veut.

German Luther Bible 1912

Des Königs Herz ist in der Hand des HERRN wie Wasserbäche, und er neigt es wohin er will.

LXX2012 U. S. English

As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it wherever he may desire to point out.

British English Septuagint 2012

As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it wherever he may desire to point out.

Majority Standard BIble

The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

Webster Bible

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Revised Version

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD as the watercourses: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il cuore del re, nella mano dell’Eterno, è come un corso d’acqua; egli lo volge dovunque gli piace.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Le cœur du roi est comme un cours d'eau dans la main du SEIGNEUR ; il l'incline partout où il veut.

Reina Valera 1909

COMO los repartimientos de las aguas, así está el corazón del rey en la mano de Jehová: á todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

Spanish BLL

El corazón del rey es en manos de Yahvé como corrientes de agua; él lo dirige hacia donde quiere.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Como repartimientos de aguas es el corazón del rey en la mano de Yahvé; a todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

Croatian Bible

Kraljevo je srce u ruci Jahve kao voda tekućica; vodi ga kuda god hoće.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Srce je carevo u ruci Gospodu kao potoci vodeni; kuda god hoće, savija ga.

German Textbibel

Gleich Wasserbächen ist des Königs Herz in der Hand Jahwes; wohin er irgend will, lenkt er es.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

As a rush of water, so is the king’s heart in God’s hand: He turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃

World English Bible

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World English Bible British Edition

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World English Bible Classic

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World English Bible Updated

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World Messianic Bible

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

Young's Literal Translation

Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

SEPTUAGINTA

ΩΣΠΕΡ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ· οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεύσῃ, ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὥσπερ ὁρμὴ ὕδατος, οὕτως καρδία βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐὰν θέλων νεῦσαι ἐκεῖ ἔκλινεν αὐτήν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Инима ымпэратулуй есте ка ун рыу де апэ ын мына Домнулуй, пе каре ыл ындряптэ ынкотро вря.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

В руках у Господа цареве серце; як розтоки води, він їх, куди захоче, справляє.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

В руках у Господа цареве серце; як розтоки води, він їх, куди захоче, справляє.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Срце је царево у руци Господу као потоци водени; куда год хоће, савија га.

Russian Synodal Bible

Сердце царя - в руке Господа, как потоки вод: куда захочет, Он направляет его.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֖ר יַחְפֹּ֣ץ יַטֶּֽנּוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

פלגי מים לב מלך ביד יהוה על כל אשר יחפץ יטנו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

قَلْبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ فِي يَدِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَجَدَاوِلِ مِيَاهٍ، حَيْثُمَا شَاءَ يُمِيلُهُ.

Old Persion Version Bible

دل پادشاه مثل نهرهای آب در دست خداوند است، آن را به هر سو که بخواهد برمی گرداند.

Judson Burmese Bible

ရှင်ဘုရင် ၏ စိတ် နှလုံးသည် ရေ ချောင်း ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ ထာဝရဘုရား ၏ လက် တော်၌ ရှိသဖြင့်၊ အလို တော်ရှိသည်အတိုင်း လှည့် စေတော်မူ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

왕의 마음이 여호와의 손에 있음이 마치 보의 물과 같아서 그가 임의로 인도하시느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

王の心は主の手の中にある水路のようである。 主は望む所へそれを向ける。

World Chinese Bible

王的心在耶和华手中，好像水道； 祂随自己的心意使它转向。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

王的心在耶和华手中， 好像陇沟的水随意流转。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

王的心在耶和華手中， 好像隴溝的水隨意流轉。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Como ribeiros de águas é o coração do rei na mão do SENHOR, ele o conduz para onde quer.

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Mashi Bible

Omurhima gwa mwâmi kwo guli omu nfune za Nyakasane nka mugezi gwa mîshi, emunda alonzize yo anaguhengulira.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Gleich Wasserbächen ist des Königs Herz in der Hand des HERRN; er leitet es, wohin er will.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El corazón del rey en las manos del Señor es como las corrientes de agua, y por él se vuelve en cualquier dirección a su placer.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Como los repartimientos de las aguas, Así el corazón del rey está en la mano de Yavé. A todo lo que quiere lo inclina.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim; He directeth it wherever He will.

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